Finding Your Roots

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Andy is extremely affable. I could have talked to him for hours, about almost anything. But unlike most of our guests, he'd come to me with a very specific request. (soft guitar music) I never expected. - Yeah. -

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His mother, Marjorie Samberg, was adopted at birth and she spent her whole life wondering about her biological parents. She's tried to find them multiple times. She even hired a private investigator. Andy is hoping that we'll succeed where so many others had failed. It's something that I really wished for my mother. Cause I know that it would be something to give her peace about it, just to know. How important is it to you? Well, my mother is basically the kindest person I've ever known and many people would corroborate that. Uh huh. (laughing) And when I was asked about doing this, the first call I made was to my mom. And I said, "I know that you've always been curious, "there's a chance they could figure this out." I don't usually do stuff like this because I generally don't like putting too much personal stuff out there. Right. And so, I would absolutely not even consider it a little bit unless it's something you want to do. And what she say? She said, "Let me think about it." And then she called me back pretty quickly after and said, "I think we should go for it." So you think it's important to your mom. I know it is. She's very, very hopeful to find out. Mm-mm. She's been wanting to know for, you know, sixty plus years.